Personal grail purchases548

Originally Posted by Jerkfro
My grails are a bit different than most.
I've wanted a copy of this book for a long time. However, it goes for big money on ebay. I was at a small local show a couple years ago, just looking through a couple unsorted boxes and pulled out a copy. I almost fell over. Fast forward about a year later, I'm at the same local show, going through more unsorted boxes from the same seller and pull out another copy!!!!

Originally Posted by rickdod3



I acquired one of my grails last October at a flea market for $2.00...it was sitting on a random table outside under a couple worthless books. Still in shock that I found it.

I had it pressed and sent to CBCS. Came back a 9.4...there are some super tiny color breaks on the spin that killed the grade. Still super happy with it though!

Originally Posted by rickdod3
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Originally Posted by cjbehr948

$2.00?!?!? Did the seller realize what they had & the mistake they made when you went to pay for it, or were they happy with the $2.00? Either way, good for you! That's some serious luck right there.

It was sitting under 2 other books on a table outside of the main building of the flea market. The seller was a younger "redneck" looking fellow. Not exactly sure how he got it...but it was bagged and boarded with a local comic book shops business card on the back of the board so I know exactly what shop it came from. (I still keep the business card in my wallet as a sign of good luck lol)

If I had to guess he had either purchased it from them when it came out, or acquired it later on. Either way...he had no idea what he had, and was very happy to sell it to me for $2.00!

Originally Posted by rickdod3
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Originally Posted by Kinzebac

That is amazing.

It is! The only downfall is that I made the mistake of telling one of my buddies about finding it there, to which he ran his mouth to everyone...and now NONE of the comic dealers at the flea market want to give me any good deals lol.

Not even in a ball busting joking kind of way...they literally won't work with their prices at all for me lol.

Originally Posted by Pre_Coder

WOW, that truly is an amazing find,... especially for $2.00. Can't say much for your buddy but you seem to be laughing about it. LOL Very sweet score,rickdod3. How much is a 9.4 pulling for nowadays?

Originally Posted by Towmater

That's a great find. You won the lottery that day.

Originally Posted by kaptainmyke
My holy grails are Turtles Toys. But, here is Kevin Eastman's personal TMNT #3 Laird Variant Error Copy. Even states "From the Personal Collection of Kevin Eastmen" on the Yellow Label! There are less than 30 known to exist with this grade or higher and this is the only known copy with Eastman's provenance.

Originally Posted by roarzola


can you show a picture of what it is talking about? I don't see it in the Laird Sign.